Test Systems

Below you can see the entire list of programs used to test our processors. Most of the tests make good use of multithreading, but just like real-life situations, there are some tests that prefer higher clock frequencies over number of cores or size of L2/L3 cache buffer. Since we will be using Windows 7 64-bit from now on as base for processor benchmarks, some of them are used in 64-bit versions as well.

Benchmark Suite

• Everest Ultimate v5.30 - Read/Write/Copy/Latency
• PC Mark Vantage v1.0.1 64-bit
• 3D Mark Vantage v1.0.1 Performance preset (CPU and Total score)
• wPrime v2.0 1024M
• SuperPI 1M

• dbPowerAmp R13.2 - .flac to 320 kbs MP3 Lame
• BonkEncoder v1.0.14 - .flac encode with LAME MP3 192 kbs
• I'm Too Audio Encoder v2.1.78 - WMA encode with LAME MP3 128 kbs

• x264 benchmark HD V3.0
• Handbrake v0.9.4 DVD rip to .mkv (Standard High preset)
• Xilisoft Video Converter Ultimate v5.1.26 - .mov 1080p encode with H.264/MPEG4 AVC .mp4 preset
• DivX Converter 7.2 - AVI encode with Home Theater preset

• Photoshop CS4 Retouch Artists Speed Test
• Cinebench R10 64-bit
• Blender 2.49
• POV Ray 3.7b 64-bit

• 7zip v4.65 64-bit - 32 MB mutithreding
• WinRAR Benchmark v3.91 64-bit
• WinRAR real life compression ~ 1 GB folder

• Crysis Warhead v1.2 64-bit
• Modern Warfare 2
• Warhammer II v1.5
• DiRT 2
• GTR Race ON!
• Resident Evil 5 benchmark

• Prime95 for maximum heat and power consumption

Specifications

In the table below you can review detailed specifications of Intel Core i5 661 and other models that will show up later in the performance graphs.